Hidden Witness
Subtitle: African-American Images from the Dawn of Photography to the Civil War
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: February 9, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780312267476
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Black studies; Photographs: portraits; Slavery & emancipation; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; Photography; Photo Essays; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Photoessays & Documentaries; Subjects & Themes - Portraits; Social Science / African-American Studies; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; History
First sentence: WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS DAGUERREOTYPE, it was the warmth of the family setting and the beauty of the land that first caught my attention; later I saw this man forlorn with shovel in hand leaning against the tree and knew that this was a memorial planting in the garden of a park of a Greek Revival home.